Liz McCall on the Vandercook at Painted Tongue Studios
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Working on the Vandercook

A view of our lovely studio, complete with paper sculptures hanging from the ceiling, as our new assistant Liz McCall prints on the Vandercook. The plate on the press bed is for the Maidenhair Fern card.   The paper is fed over the cylinder so the ink on the plate prints onto the paper; the …

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In-Progress Hazelnut Card

The proof is in the Pantone! In-progress printing of the Hazelnut card; the green of the leaves is matched to the Pantone color swatch to ensure consistency in the ink color. Why is this a Hazelnut card when there are no nuts in it? Well, the three owls are perched in a curly hazelnut tree, …

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